Eugène Isabey's work is influenced by several factors. From the Flemish and Dutch masters of the 17th century, he derived a preference for brown tones and large expanses of sky. On the other hand, he had a great admiration for the British landscape painters John Constable and Richard Parkes Bonington, who were also known in France in the 1820s and 1830s. In the painting we get a clear picture of Isabey's landscape vision. In view of its format and paper support, it is probably an open-air study. This landscape sketch was given shape by an instinctive and restless brushwork. Combined with a plastic and sensual use of colour, this turned the simple subject into a lively and convincing study.
| Artist |
Eugène Isabey
RKD
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| Title | Small Boat |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram bottom right: EY |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-GO |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-GO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/727/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300117546
seascapes
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H114 low hill country Iconclass 25H13 coast Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A277 movement in water Iconclass 31A2774 floating (movement in water) Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 46C24111 sail Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Barbizon School
AAT
realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 82) |
| Eugène Isabey, 1803-1886 : La marine au XIXe siècle / Pierre Miquel. - Maurs-la-Jolie : Editions de la Martinelle, 1980 |
| De school van Barbizon : Franse meesters van de 19de eeuw (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 14.09 - 28.11.1985 ; Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum 14.12.1985 - 23.02.1986 ; Parijs, Insitut Néerlandais, 1986) / John Sillevis, Hans Kraan, Robert Hoozee, Jacques Foucart. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1985 (p. 35-45) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 187 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 190-191 (ill.)) |
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